1. A______acceptance of contemporary forms of social behavior has misled a few into believing that values in conflict with the present age are for all practical purposes______.
1 t2 p+ s" r# L5 F3 W6 d( q(A) casual.. reliable; r9 F* s: T$ k- H0 k8 q& A& [$ b
(B) superficial.. trenchant$ m3 G" V2 |) P% K0 N; Y4 D
(C) complacent.. superseded. i, n4 ?' I0 k# Z6 l0 T4 z& X; p
(D) cautious.. redemptive0 ~% \9 s Q# X9 F& O" O
(E) plaintive.. redundant+ G' A# Z; }# S) z# v# z
2. Aalto, like other modernists, believed that form follows function; consequently, his furniture designs asserted the______of human needs, and the furniture's form was______human use.
) j h# ~9 A+ c# l7 ^(A) universality.. refined by$ X; {+ i: M7 K4 E; v6 Z* P4 x
(B) importance.. relegated to$ \( }& V6 }2 G5 r
(C) rationale.. emphasized by/ z4 _8 J! F9 R& u) j- D7 J0 \$ r
(D) primacy.. determined by
! N! u3 [1 K" f" `: c(E) variability.. reflected in
# g7 w( O7 p# m, w9 _3. According to the newspaper critic, the performances at the talent contest last night______ from acceptable to excellent.
, ^4 z S2 D. c4 e& C5 \. g2 }1 [) \6 C(A) varied5 {' `: _7 g3 Q' _/ D- D; V m
(B) receded
9 b- V7 i, x' m: k(C) swept
* O; P8 B8 n2 H/ c" A6 l5 J(D) averaged/ _5 {: h0 W% u. R% B0 P
(E) declined
1 u0 d: p: m% T; W, d, o- t6 |% u4. Actual events in the history of life on Earth are accidental in that any outcome embodies just one______ among millions; yet each outcome can be______ interpreted.3 ?% ?: o' e( E/ Q: H. D# X
(A) coincidence.. randomly
A8 I; Z' Z% I- ?2 }0 g(B) relationship. predictably
, E* w* z" I' t8 C(C) fact.. readily
" y g, V' k' R Y(D) happening.. uniquely- K9 q4 h1 z1 p: g0 Y7 Y* [- n
(E) possibility.. rationally2 n" {+ J1 o5 D) I. u
5. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current--- -of Smith's valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the ______of present-day economics.
! Q, E9 {$ b! `8 U3 B(A) disregard.. outgrowths+ e$ _4 _& X z+ m( L
(B) reaffirmation.. concerns% e+ q& }, S/ ^
(C) relevance.. precursors
6 s+ t0 x1 H8 ^4 t$ M% [0 q# f1 d(D) acceptance.. byproducts+ q. V. J6 v( e" P
(E) importance.. vestiges
5 e; R2 h, c; T# a6. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as______to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
$ w7 m/ t, `9 m% } c(A) reaction3 g5 R H& q# ~ Y
(B) an addition6 d6 y* V4 m( W n0 j- d& ~
(C) an introduction
* \' C, f5 V! [* v5 a' L! r(D) an alternative# k/ F+ e$ d; U/ }$ A
(E) a challenge
# X8 u8 @7 q/ z3 d" l7. After thirty years of television, people have become "speed watchers"; consequently, if the camera lingers, the interest of the audience______.9 w6 o, E# m: L7 J' o6 P( ?6 v
(A) broadens
. @) C6 w3 M/ A8 e5 E(B) begins
' u7 ]8 |, S$ r4 X, t3 I! b(C) varies& T7 h* {7 S6 g* f
(D) flags) \$ w- W8 e6 O! Z9 n
(E) clears
" A3 [2 r' c/ I# |# ]8. Agronomists are increasingly worried about "desertification," the phenomenon that is turning many of the world's ______fields and pastures into______wastelands, unable to support the people living on them.# x% v. i( l2 m) ^ Z5 L6 s7 \
(A) fertile.. barren
5 B" e) [& a" X# f0 [/ S(B) productive.. blooming
$ x2 \3 T4 N2 k(C) arid.. thriving
4 J- h/ j4 k# Y( K* V(D) poorest.. marginal
; c* l5 y3 C1 ]. a(E) largest.. saturated' @2 D# @- `- x8 \; s
9. All______-- biological traits fall into one of two categories: those giving their possessors greater______-- the environment and those rendering them more independent of it.7 A' x; j( I0 q2 u4 X" d
(A) widespread.. detachment from+ j: g* w+ i( k+ `
(B) beneficial.. control over
7 }7 b# y. k# `+ \2 h. i(C) successful.. freedom from
$ @( w" m3 |# y _: w# r5 d. q(D) neutral.. compatibility with* [' O) [' O+ ~2 S1 F/ h
(E) harmful.. advantage in6 ~( z, F. S: }' O
10. Although ______ in her own responses to the plays she reviewed, the theatre critic was, paradoxically, ______ those who would deny that a reviewer must have a single method of interpretation.
% \# i2 f. i# X `" k(A) dogmatic.. impatient with
: q( z* v- _* P9 E(B) eclectic.. suspicious of
' ~( a5 p& V* ?" |(C) partisan.. hostile toward
: ]$ V$ u, D; a( J4 V(D) capricious.. intrigued by
! G% x y* O! `% Q# N5 m( T(E) indulgent.. indebted to |
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